Month: May 2000

Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours
[via linkwatcher metalog]

A Contrarian View on Million Mom March

“Perhaps the trend we have in this country whereby grieving parents are allowed to be the instigators of crime legislation is a dangerous one, which will ultimately lead us, step by step, into totalitarianism.”

Bingo! One thing I have gotten totally sick of is the “protecting the children” for any and every piece of polotical bullshit. Where is the talk about raising children to become true humanbeings?

How to Wrap and Wear a Great Kilt – Step by step instructions with photographs.

Web RPCs Considered Harmful

Red Hat Backs Away From WideOpenNews

“Who knows, maybe VA Linux will end up becoming a media company instead of an engineering company. Maybe RedHat will re-commit itself to becoming a great engineering company. But it’s clear that Linux companies are still like teenagers who while living well are still trying to grow up and figure out who they want to be.”

The Filthy Critic reviews Gladiator

“I swear, if I ran the God-damn movie rating business, I wouldn’t give any shit an “R” unless we saw firm tits and at least one good sex scene.”

Cool! I’m a Power Bloggers, at least for the time being. They reset every day. I did get 13 visitors from the list.

DivX, the cool version
Think Napster — only for movies

“Thanks to a new technology called DivX, the Web will soon be awash in illegal — but perfect– copies of Hollywood blockbusters.”

The movie and music industries are just going to have to face it, they are dying. They have an oportunity to resurect themselves but only if they change.

They’re Crammed in Like Cattle

“Silicon Valley: where cubicle salesmen are prosperous and Internet workers are cramped.

More cramped, it turns out, than calves being prepared for market.”

Me wonders if there is any relationship between cubicle sizes and turnover rates.

Sex and Silence in D.C.

“Instead of protesting by staying home, I decided to protest by showing up.

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My moment of redemption came when I strutted past the chanting right-wing March protesters holding signs like “AIDS Cures Gays” and “You Are Perverts.” With my fierce girlfriend in a leather cowboy hat on one arm and a tranny boy with a mohawk on a leash on the other, I proudly stood before them�wearing a purple PVC push-up bra, matching skintight pants, and the word PERVERT written across my stomach in lipstick. Memo to antigay zealots: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but you need to get some new names to call us.”

[via Pursed Lips]